U.S. Vs. Japan: Animation Wars

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! This is stararnold here, and I have a fun treat for ya'! I came up with a list of possible battles that could if the characters, vehicles, ships, and giant robots from U.S. Animation were to enter a cross-over war against those from Japanese Animation (alias: Japanimation). What inspired this feature was the comic book miniseries "DC VS. Marvel", where two fictional univereses of superheroes and supervillains faced each other in a cross-over war. While working on the list, I did some research on various animated works (including ones I never looked at), and made sure to have at least some battles to each involve two works with common/similar themes and aspects. Anyway, here is the list (U.S. Animation titles on left, Japanimation ones on right):

  • "Star Trek" Vs. "Space Battleship Yamato" (a.k.a. "Star Blazers")
  • "Batman" Vs. "Gekko Kamen" (a.k.a. "Moonlight Mask")
  • "Superman" Vs. "UFO Robot Grendizer"
  • "Sam & Max: Freelance Police" Vs. "Dirty Pair"
  • "Kappa Mikey" Vs. "Dokkoida"
  • "Looney Tunes" Vs. "Pocket Monsters" (a.k.a. "Pokemon")
  • "Dungeons & Dragons" Vs. "Slayers"
  • "The Godzilla Show" Vs. "Negadon: The Monster from Mars"
  • "World of Quest" Vs. "Record of Lodoss War"
  • "Micky Mouse" Vs. "Tetsuwan Atom" (a.k.a. "Astroboy")
  • "Robocop" Vs. "8 Man" (a.k.a. "Tobor the 8th Man")
  • "Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids" Vs. "Azumanga Daioh!"
  • "Scooby-Doo" Vs. "Lupin III"
  • "Mighty Mouse" Vs. "Jetter Mars"
  • "Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos" Vs. "Ikki Tousen"
  • "Mr. T" Vs. "Tenjho Tenge"
  • "Sabrina The Teeenage Witch" Vs. "Sally the Witch"
  • "Transformers" (U.S.) Vs. "Transformers" (Japan)
  • "Felix the Cat" Vs. "Cyborg Kuro-chan"
  • "Magi-Nation" Vs. "Digimon"
  • "Hulk Hogan's Rock and Wrestling" Vs. "Kinnikuman II-Sei" (a.k.a. "Ultimate Muscle")
  • "Sealab 2021" Vs. "Mars Daybreak"
  • "Incredible Hulk" Vs. "Guyver"
  • "Powerpuff Girls" Vs. "Powerpuff Girls Z"
  • "Sonic the Hedgehog" (U.S.) Vs. "Sonic the Hedgehog" (Japan)
  • "Exosquad" Vs. "Appleseed"
  • "Garfield" Vs. "Doraemon"
  • "Iron Man" Vs. "Space Knight Tekkaman"
  • "Metalocalypse" Vs. "BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad"
  • "The Little Mermaid" Vs. "Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Picth"
  • "The Lion King" Vs. "Jungle Taitei" (a.k.a. "Kimba the White Lion")
  • "Atlantis: Lost Empire" Vs. "Nadia: Secret of The Blue Water"
  • "Josie & the Pussycats" Vs. "The Idolm@ster"
  • "Smurfs" Vs. "Hamtaro"
  • "My Little Pony" Vs. "Hello Kitty"
  • "Battletech" Vs. "Macross"
  • "BraveStarr" Vs. "Cowboy Bebop"
  • "The Adventures of The Galaxy Rangers" Vs. "Space Musketeer Bismark" (a.k.a. "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs")
  • "Family Guy" Vs. "Haruhi Suzumiya"
  • "Shrek" Vs. "Vision of Escaflowne"
  • "Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light" Vs. "SF Saiyuki Starzinger"
  • "Fritz the Cat" Vs. "Catgirl Nuku Nuku"
  • "Inspector Gadget" Vs. "Ghost in the Shell"
  • "Minoriteam" Vs. "Gatchaman" (a.k.a. "Battle of The Planets")
  • "Mission Hill" Vs. "Love Hina"
  • "Hellboy" Vs. "Devilman"
  • "South Park" Vs. "Crayon Shin-Chan"
  • "The Venture Brothers" Vs. "Giant Robo"
  • "Big Guy and Rusty The Boy Robot" Vs. "Mazinger"
  • "Jackie Chan Adventures" Vs. "Hokuto no Ken" (a.k.a. "Fist of the North Star")
  • "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Vs. "Naruto"
  • "Futurama" Vs. "Martian Successor Nadesico"
  • "Grim & Evil" Vs. "Bleach"
  • "Wizard of Oz" (U.S. Cartoon Version) Vs. "Wizard of Oz" (Anime Version)
  • "Chaotic" Vs. ".Hack"
  • "Frisky Dingo" Vs. "Time Bokan"
  • "The Pirates of Dark Water" Vs. "One Piece"
  • "Hurricanes" Vs. "Captain Tsubasa"
  • "Harlem Globetrotters" Vs. "Slam Dunk"
  • "Samurai Jack" Vs. "Rurouni Kenshin"
  • "Quick Draw McGraw" Vs. "El Cazador de la Bruja"
  • "G.I. Joe" Vs. "Full Metal Panic!"
  • "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" Vs. "Galaxy Angel"
  • "AEon Flux" Vs. "Witchblade" (Anime Version)
  • "Star Wars" Vs. "Lost Universe"
  • "Jonny Quest" Vs. "Tetsujin 28-Go" (a.k.a. "Gigantor")
  • "Flash Gordon" Vs. "Captain Harlock"
  • "Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles" Vs. "Uchuu no Senshi" ("Starship Troopers" Anime)
  • "Challenge of The GoBots" Vs. "Machine Robo"
  • "The Boondocks" Vs. "Afro Samurai"
  • "Spawn" Vs. "Skull Man"
  • "Stroker and Hoop" Vs. "You're Under Arrest"
  • "12 Oz. Mouse" Vs. "Black Lagoon"
  • "Beavis and Butt-head" Vs. "Getbackers"
  • "Megas XLR" Vs. "Excel Saga"
  • "Perfect Hair Forever" Vs. "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"
  • U.S. Animated "Speed Racer" Vs. "Mach Go Go Go" (Japanese Animated "Speed Racer")
  • "Nascar Racers" Vs. "Initial D"
  • "UnderGRADS" Vs. "School Rumble"
  • "American Dad" Vs. "City Hunter"
  • "Dexter's Laboratory" Vs. "Detective Conan" (a.k.a. "Case Closed")
  • "ThunderCats" Vs. "Saint Seiya" (a.k.a. "Knights of The Zodiac")
  • "Space Ghost" Vs. "Cyborg 009"
  • "Shazam!" Vs. "Yu-Gi-Oh!"
  • "Celebrity Deathmatch" Vs. "Street Fighter"
  • "Charlie Brown and Snoopy" Vs. "Lucky Star"
  • "He-Man and The Masters of The Universe" Vs. "Dragon Ball"
  • "Police Academy" Vs. "Mobile Police Patlabor"
  • "Ghostbusters" Vs. "Cardcaptor Sakura"
  • "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!" Vs. "Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman"
  • "Smurfs" Vs. "Hamtaro"
  • "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Vs. "Kyattō Ninden Teyandee" (a.k.a. "Samurai Pizza Cats")

That's all, folks! If there are any animation duels between U.S. Animated works and Japanese Animated ones you have in mind that you believe would be possible if such a cross-over war was to take place, feel free to add them to your comments. Also, feel free to comment who you find would win in any of the battles I listed (you can even mention whether you find a tie would occur in any of them too).

Feature: 05/21/08 | Posted By: stararnold | 0 comments | Tags: america vs. japan, animation wars

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